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19-18 Linden Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Built 1930 · 3-story walk-up · 6 apartments

1 immediately hazardous violation open. 10 open in all. On the state's rent-stabilization list for 2024.

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Open violations
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Public record
Updated todayFrom the city’s own data (, 311, the courts), refreshed nightly.

Violations issued each year

None issued since 2022. 13 violations before that, the first in 2008.

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Open per apartment
1.7 (10 open across 6 apartments)
Inspector last found a problem
10 Aug 2013 (visits that find nothing are not published)
What do these labels mean?
Tenant-reported
A resident's firsthand account of living here, moderated before it publishes, and labelled with whether we verified they lived there.
Official violation
A city inspector visited and recorded a code violation. HPD's own words, and its own hazard class.
Public complaint
A complaint somebody made to a city system, through HPD or 311. A report, not a finding: nobody has necessarily inspected it.
Public filing
A permit, a registration, a bedbug report: a document the owner filed with the city because the law requires it.
Court record
A Housing Court case HPD brought against the owner, or an eviction a city marshal carried out. A court's record: a case is an allegation until it ends in a finding.
Insufficient data
Not enough current information here to infer a pattern either way.

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Nothing above this section came from a tenant. It is all filed by the city, which means it only holds what somebody reported and an inspector wrote down, not what it is actually like to live here.

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Heat season

No heat or hot-water complaints or violations were recorded here last winter (2025–26). That is the city's record: it only holds what somebody reported.

WinterDaysComplaintsViolations
2025–26000

The rules, 1 October to 31 May: from 6am to 10pm, when it is below 55°F outside, the apartment must be at least 68°F; overnight it must be at least 62°F whatever the weather. Hot water must be at least 120°F all year. A tenant without heat can report it to 311.

Rent stabilization

Public filing

The owner registered at least one rent-stabilized apartment here with the state for 2024. The list does not say which apartments, or how many.

Source: Rent Guidelines Board building list, from the state's 2024 registrations. To know about one apartment, a tenant can ask the state for its rent history through Ask HCR.

City violations

Official violation

Immediately hazardous1 open

Class C. HPD considers the condition an immediate danger: no heat in winter, no hot water, lead paint where a child lives, a broken lock on the front door. The owner has 24 hours to correct it.

  • Install the missing or repair/replace the defective window guard(s) in accordance with the specifications of the new york city health code section 24 rcny chapter 12. wg to install = 2; wg to replace = 0; wg to repair = 2; in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 7 Apr 2012Notice certified late 7 May 2012Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2043.1

Hazardous7 open

Class B. A hazardous condition: a leak, mould, a defective floor. The owner has 30 days to correct it.

  • Abate the nuisance consisting of evidence of water leak at east wall in the private hallway, 3rd story at east

    Issued 22 Feb 2012Not complied with 8 Apr 2012Leaks and plumbing§ 27-2005 +1

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... mildew at ceiling and walls. appox. 10 sq.ft. in the bathroom, 3rd story at east

    Issued 22 Feb 2012Not complied with 8 Apr 2012Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Trace and repair the source and abate the nuisance consisting of mold... mildew at south and east wall. appox. 8 sq.ft. in the kitchen, 3rd story at east

    Issued 22 Feb 2012Not complied with 8 Apr 2012Mold and damp§ 27-2005

  • Fire egress defective. remove obstructing bars or unlawful gates from window to fire escape or provide approved type gate... in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 22 Feb 2012Not complied with 8 Apr 2012Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2005 +1

  • Repair the broken or defective plastered surfaces and paint in a uniform color ceiling and walls in the entire apartment, 3rd story at east

    Issued 22 Feb 2012Not complied with 8 Apr 2012Walls and ceilings§ 27-2005

  • 2011, 2012 adm code remove the accumulation of refuse and/or rubbish and maintain in a clean condition the rear yard

    Issued 4 Jun 2008Notice sent out 5 Jun 2008Garbage and cleanliness§ 27-2010

  • Properly repair with similar material the broken or defective vinyl floor tiles in the 4th room from north, 1st story at east

    Issued 4 Jun 2008Notice sent out 5 Jun 2008Floors and stairs§ 27-2005

Non-hazardous2 open

Class A. The least serious band: chipped plaster, a missing cabinet, a peeling ceiling in a hallway. The owner has 90 days to correct it.

  • Paint with light colored paint to the satisfaction of this department walls & ceiling in the bathroom, 2nd story at east

    Issued 10 Aug 2013Notice certified late 1 Dec 2013Walls and ceilings§ 27-2013

  • Reset, so as to secure a proper and tight connection, the water closet bowl --- in the bathroom, 1st story at east

    Issued 4 Jun 2008Notice sent out 5 Jun 2008§ 27-2026

3 closed violations, plus 7 closed paperwork filings

Closed means HPD recorded the violation as corrected, or dismissed it. Both appear here, because the difference matters and only HPD’s own status line says which it was.

  • Properly repair the broken or defective locking device at entrance door to in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 10 Aug 2013Violation dismissed 10 Dec 2013Doors and windows§ 27-2005

  • Repair or replace the smoke detector missing in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 10 Aug 2013Violation dismissed 10 Dec 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2045

  • Provide an approved and operational carbon monoxide detecting device, installed in accordance with applicable law and rules. in the entire apartment, 2nd story at east

    Issued 10 Aug 2013Violation dismissed 10 Dec 2013Fire and safety equipment§ 27-2046.1

20 violations on record in total, 10 of them open. The count at the top of this page counts habitability violations only.

Complaints to the city

Public complaint

Complaints are reports made to the city. They are not confirmed findings. They come from HPD and from 311, and the same problem can appear more than once if more than one neighbour called.

2 complaints in three years, 2 of them in the last twelve months.

  • Doors and windows1 / 1
  • Leaks and plumbing1 / 1

Last twelve months / last three years. The solid part of each bar is the last twelve months.

Court records

Court record

Housing Court cases

Cases the city’s housing department (HPD) brought against the owner, usually to force repairs or restore heat. A case is an allegation; where the court recorded an outcome, it is shown.

1 case, all closed.

  • False Certification Non-Lead

    Opened 13 Mar 2013

Evictions

Residential evictions carried out by a city marshal since 2017. Most follow a case for unpaid rent, so a count here is not by itself a finding about the building or the landlord. We show how many, never which apartment.

No marshal evictions recorded at this building since 2017.

Filings

Public filing

Building permits

No DOB permits filed for this building in the last five years.

Annual bedbug report

Every multiple dwelling in New York must file this once a year. A report of zero infested units is good news. No report is not: failing to file is itself a violation.

  • 2026No infested units reported (2024 report)
Show 8 earlier reports
  • 2025No infested units reported (2023 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2024No infested units reported (2022 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2023No infested units reported (2021 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2022No infested units reported (2020 report)
  • 2021No infested units reported (2019 report)

Ownership and management

Public filing

Associations come from registration records and may be incomplete. Owners register with HPD once a year, so a change of hands can go unrecorded for a full cycle.

  • Owner of record

    MICHELLE BAGINSKI

    Public records list MICHELLE BAGINSKI as the owner of record for this address as of 16 Sept 2025. Source: HPD registration.

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What to ask at the viewing

Drawn from this building’s record above. They are questions, not conclusions: the point is to find out, in the twenty minutes you get inside, what the public record cannot tell you.

  1. The city currently has one open immediately-hazardous violation on this building. Ask which apartment it concerns, whether it has been corrected, and when HPD re-inspects.
  2. There are 2 open mould violations on record. Ask to look behind furniture and under sinks, and ask what was done the last time; a repaint is not a repair.
  3. The owner has filed a bedbug report for this building (most recently for the year ending 2026). Ask when the building was last treated, how often an exterminator comes, and whether treatment covers the whole line of apartments or only the one that complained.
  4. Leaks and plumbing come up on this building's record. Ask which apartments were affected and whether the cause was ever found: 1 complaints in the last twelve months.
  5. Ask what the deposit is, exactly what can be deducted from it, and how and when it comes back.
  6. Ask who to call when something breaks, what happens after hours and at weekends, and how long a repair normally takes.

Ask for anything that matters in writing; an email after the viewing is enough. We are not your lawyer and this is not legal advice.

Questions about this building

BBL 4034770023 · Block 3477, Lot 23 · Building class C2